Dusting Off an Old Project
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:20 pmAn offset double door version of the FMC 50ft Plate C boxcar.
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Dusting Off an Old Project
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:20 pmRe: Dusting Off an Old Project
Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:26 pmVery nice Larry.
Re: Dusting Off an Old Project
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 1:57 amAwesome!
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 5:43 amYour Boxcars are fantastic, anything you do will be very welcome, thank you.
Cheerz. Steve.
Cheerz. Steve.
Re: Dusting Off an Old Project
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:12 amYour work here is very much appreciated! 
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:12 amLooks great Larry, would love to see a vintage auto carrier next, I'll donate some of my cars to be used as a load on an auto carrier.
Re: Dusting Off an Old Project
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:18 amHope there is more in the dust bin! You have an eye for realism, beautiful job.
QcRail
QcRail
Re: Dusting Off an Old Project
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:42 amWOW Great work. Well worth being payware. I love your work.
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:13 amQcRail wrote:Hope there is more in the dust bin! You have an eye for realism, beautiful job.
QcRail
I echo QcRail
Re: Dusting Off an Old Project
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 1:15 pmThanks everyone for the encouragement. I am using this project as way to learn Blender so progress is a little slow. Still have LODs, Auto-numbering, and AO on the trucks to deal with.
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:02 pmFinished AO shadows for the trucks.
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:48 pm
Re: Dusting Off an Old Project
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 1:34 pmIts nice work! my only complaint,
is as a Re-painter. I don't like the DXT1 RGB 4 bpp | no alpha Compression. yes it easy but I can't control the brightness of the car in game. I like rather have
DXT5 ARGB 8 bpp | interpolated alpha
DXT3 ARGB 8 bpp | explicit alpha
Maybe in your next project we need a good 50ft tanks car of a good Centerflow Hopper.
is as a Re-painter. I don't like the DXT1 RGB 4 bpp | no alpha Compression. yes it easy but I can't control the brightness of the car in game. I like rather have
DXT5 ARGB 8 bpp | interpolated alpha
DXT3 ARGB 8 bpp | explicit alpha
Maybe in your next project we need a good 50ft tanks car of a good Centerflow Hopper.
Re: Dusting Off an Old Project
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 7:34 pmI am going to have to do a little research to fully understand what you are proposing. I usually control the in-game brightness of the car by manipulating the brightness/contrast of the AO texture.
Re: Dusting Off an Old Project
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 7:00 amwhen I re-skin a Fright car I have to use RW_Tools to covert .TgPcDx into DDS files in order to work on a texture map.
So when I Convert .TgPcDx to DDS files, it will tell me what Compression Nvidia tools uses for this TgPcDx file. so when I covert the DDS file back to TgPcDx. I have to use the same Compression settings. for example RRmods uses DDXT5 ARGB interpolated alpha, In your case, take your Rail Box car. I have to brighten up the texture map so much to brighten the car in game..but still looks a bit dark in some routes. that's what trying to say if you know what I mean.
So when I Convert .TgPcDx to DDS files, it will tell me what Compression Nvidia tools uses for this TgPcDx file. so when I covert the DDS file back to TgPcDx. I have to use the same Compression settings. for example RRmods uses DDXT5 ARGB interpolated alpha, In your case, take your Rail Box car. I have to brighten up the texture map so much to brighten the car in game..but still looks a bit dark in some routes. that's what trying to say if you know what I mean.